Shoe.



PATBNTED MAY 26, 1908.

KELLY. SHOE. APPLICATION FILED JUNE 24,1907.

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UNITED STATES PATENT OFFICE.

EDWARD KELLY, or BRIMLEY, MICHIGAN,

SHOE

To all whom it may concern: 7 Be it known that I, EDWARD KELLY, a citizen of the United States, residing at Brimley,'in the county of Chippewa and State of Michigan, have invented certain new and useful Improvements in Shoes; and I do declare the following to be a full, clear, and exact description of the invention, such as will enable others skilled in the art to which it appertains tomake and use the same.

This invention relates to improvements in shoes, boots, and the like.

The invention consists in the construction and arrangement of parts, as will be hereinafter described and more particularly pointed out in the claim.

In the accompanying drawings, Figure 1 is a side view of a shoe constructed in accord ance with the invention; Fig. 2 is a similar view, showing the upper and lower portions of the shoe detached; Fig. 3 is a horizontal view through the upper, taken immediately above the vamp; Fig. A is a vertical sectional view through the shoe; and Fig. 5 is a plan view of the vamp from which the lower portion of the shoe is formed.

Referring more particularly to the drawings, 1 denotes the lower portion or quarter of the shoe, the vamp, 2, of which is formed from a single piece of leather, or other suitable material cut in the form or shape shown in Fig. 5 of the drawing. The vamp 2 is secured to the sole 3 in any suitable manner, and is seamed together at the center of the heel portion of the shoe. The-usual counter, 4, is provided to form a stiffening for the heel, said counter being arranged and secured in the heel portion of the vampin theusual or any suitable manner. At the upper rear ortion of the forward end of the vamp is formed a short tongue 5.

Adapted to be secured to the upper edges of the vamp is an upper, 6, which maybe of any desired structure, and is here shown as a high or extended upper. The lower edges of the upper are adapted to fit over and engage the outer side of the upper edge of the vamp all around the same, and adapted to be securely stitched or otherwise fastened thereto. The forward edges of the upper are open from top to bottom and are provided with a series of lacing eyelets.

Between the forward edges of the upper is Specification of Letters Patent.

Application filed June 24, 1907.

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Patented May 26, 1908.

Serial No. 380,511.

arranged a bellows tongue, 8, the opposite edges of which are stitched or otherwise secured to the inner. sides of the forward edges of the upper, as shown. The tongue 8 is formed sufliciently wide or full so that when the edges of the'upper are unlaced, the foot may be readily laced in the shoe, after which said tongue wi 1 fold between the edges of the upper when the latter are laced to- The lower end of the tongue 8 projects below the lower forward ends of the front portion of the upper and is adapted to extend over onto the outer side of the short tongue 5 of the vamp, as shown. The sides of the upper are stitched together along their rear edges and over said seam may, if desired, be placed a reinforcing strip 9.

By overlapping the lower ends of the upper and tongue, and securing the same upon the outer side of the upper edge of the vamp, a water-tight joint is provided between the upper and lower quarter of the shoe, and the usual ledge formed by the upper edge of the vamp, when stitched on the outer side of the upper, is dispensed with, and all projections which might serve to catch and retain the water are. done away with, and all possibility of the water soaking through the same between the upper and lower quarter is thus avoided.

Having thus described my invention, what I claim as new and desire to secure by Letters-Patent, is:

A lace shoe, comprising a vamp with a tongue, an upper secured to the edges of the vamp, the lacing edges of the upper having a continuous opening from the top to the bottom of thesame, a tongue secured to the lower inner edges of the u per, said tongue extending loosely over an onto the tongue of the vamp and beyond the lower forward ends of the upper, and said tongue of the upper being constructed of a sufficient width to permit of the same being folded between the lacing edges of said upper when the same is laced together, substantially as specified.

In testimony whereof I have hereunto set my hand in presence of two subscribing witnesses.

EDWARD KELLY. Witnesses:

GEORGE H. HIAR, JOHN C. JENsoN. 7 g Q 

